Distribution of decapod larvae in the surface layer of an isolated equatorial oceanic archipelago: The cases of benthic Grapsus grapsus (Brachyura: Grapsidae) and pelagic Sergestes edwardsi (Dendrobranchiata: Sergestidae)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-165

  Brandão, Manoela Costa ^a   Koettker, Andréa Green ^b   Freire, Andrea Santarosa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decapoda; Distribution; Holoplankton; Larvae; Meroplankton; Oceanic island

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHIPELAGO; BENTHOS; CRAB; LARVA; MEROPLANKTON; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SAINT PAUL'S ROCKS;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DENDROBRANCHIATA; GRAPSIDAE; GRAPSUS GRAPSUS; SERGESTES; SERGESTIDAE;

EID: 84874393958     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-012-0312-5     Document Type: Article

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